Display holder for cards



Sept. 29, 1931. w. c. HOFFMAN DISPLAY HOLDER FOR CARDS Filed April 26. 1929 Wd/ff/ w INVENTOR I'll- A] IORNEY i to provide a device :1- device in association with a'cabinet of the 'displayedcards.

Patented Sept. 29, 1931.

UNITED WALTER C. HOFFMA N', *OF HAYWOOD, ILLINOIS V DISPLAY- OLDERwon-omens Application filed. .Apri1'26,

This invention relates to certain novel "improvements in display devices and "more specific ally to displaydevices for greeting cards and the likeand has for its principal object the provision ofan im roved-constructionof this character fwhich will .expedite the displaying of the" cards and theenvelop'es there'- for in a manner hich will prevent soiling Another object foftheiinve'ntion is to provide a container in'combinationwith'the 'display device in which a supply 7 of cards may be contained. l

Another object 'of "thef invention "is to arrange a device of the foregoing character in a 1 anner.sueh--thateardsmay'be ex editionsly insertedin'to the'devic'e. I I 5 A still f rther "object "of the invention is of the abovenamed "character in amanner such that indicating "means will be associated with the fvarious menibers of the display device in erder that selected cards may be expeditiously marked.

Other objects will appearherei naifter. The invention consists in t e *novjelfcombination and arrangement oipartstobe hereinatter described and claimed, H The invention 'will be best understood by reference "to the; accompanying drawings, showing the' preferred form ni construction andin which 7 Fig. 1 is afrontelevational .view of ap'referred form of construction formy display or housing-therefor; I v t i i Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 2 -2 on Fig. 1,; Fig. 3 is a fragmental vieyv depicting one of the card holding members inmy improved display device; I V

Fig. 4 is a view substantially similar to Fig. 3 depicting one of my improved display devices in partially opened position said i y view depicting what I term a two card holder and showing cards disposed therein; and

Fig. 5 is a view substantially similar to Fig. l depicting a three card holder in fully open position.

i In the accompanying drawings wherein I have'illustrated a preferred form of conmembers 10 and 26 extending 1929. Serial ndesaser.

the'end members for my im'proved display device 'hich are preferably arrangedso-jas to be substantially triangular in formation with the apices thereof arranged'at tiallythe midpoint in their'extent. fThejencl v 11 "eiitend upwardly 'frotn' a backplate12.

The Pl y e ice is prefe ably ar g struction for my device 10 and 11 indicate (su set:

on a container generically indicated 13 which includes a compartmen 14 in which shelves 15 are provided and .accessinto the ompartment 14 isattained throughthe door 1'6 which is preferably "arranged attherear side fof "the container wardly as aeofitinnationso'i th re r wall-fox the eontainerm "is a bracket 117 theback plate 12 has 7 the upper edge thereof suit ably e onneeted'to the braeket 17 and has ward-edge f the upper si e 'ef'the container 13 so that it will extend at an angle 'therie aer'oss which will-facilitate the viewing of the artiele jmoantedinthe dispiaydevice',

, Inthe endmembers 10 apices thereof and extending from v said apic'es in each direction ar "o ening 18. improved isplay members are igeneri'cjaledge thereof suitably connected to t'he fo'r b a d'il'adjaeentthe 7s ly in'di'cated by 19 111 the drawings eem- H cl'ude hinge portions 21 may be extended. 7 I are of greater length than the display memhere 119 and are intended to -be j' inserted through aligned openings 18 in the end 'nem; b'ers 10 and 11 so as members 7'19 in substantially book-l ke arj rangeme'nt, that I is so that the display mem bers 19 may be turned as the pages Of a k} 20 through which pins fThe pin members 21 I to support the display The display members 19 include border strips 22 which 4 g the display "members 19 and which support a sheet oftransp'arent material 23." Extend: ing transversely across'the display members extend around "the edges of 96 '19 at substantiallyithe'midpoint in the longitudinal extent thereof are reenforcing strips 9'5 24. The reenforcings'trips 25 of the border strips 22m disposed along :the edge oppo site the edge providing'the h nge 2O andjare arranged so as to have reenforclng' str ps betweenthis stri es) andthe repockets 30 are arranged on the side enforcing strip 24. When the display members 19 are arranged so as to display three cards in vertical alignment two of these reenforcing strips 26 are provided as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5. hen but two cards are intended to be illustrated in vertical alignment but one of these reenforcing strips 26 is provided as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4. Reenforcing strips 27 substantially similar to the reenforcing strips 26 extend between the reenforcing strips 24 and the re enforcing strips providing the hinge 20.

Arranged on each side of the main sheet of transparent material 23 are smaller sheets of transparent material 28 which are confined between the border strips 22 and the reenforcing band 24 and the reenforcing strips 26. The upper edges of these sheets of material 28 terminate in spaced relation with the strips to which they are juxtaposed and reenforcing bands 29 are provided along these edges and thus pockets 30 are provided oneach side of the main sheet of transparent material 23. Sheets of transparent material 31 are provided on one side of the sheet of transparent material 23 and this one side may be called the top side when viewed as the pages of a book. These sheets of transparent material are arranged to provide pockets 32 which open toward the hinge 20. Reenforcing strips 33 are secured to the hinge 20 and define a substantially rectangular area of a width substantially equal to the area defined between the hinge 20 and the reenforcing strip 24 and a sheet of transparent material 34 is supported by these border strips 33. The border strip 33 opposite the hinged edge 20 is indicated by 35 and when the sheet of transparent material 34 is arranged to lie above the pockets 31 the strip 35 is substantially parallel to and lies substantially above the reenforcing strip 24. On the side of the transparent sheet 34 disposed toward the pockets 31 is a strip of transparent material 36. Pockets substantially similarto the V of the sheet of transparent material 23 opposite the pockets 3 1.

The-articles to be displayed in the device as stated are greeting cards and the like. Single cards and the envelopes therefor are arranged in the pockets 30. However. cards of the so called folded or book type if arranged in the pockets 30 would either be arranged so that the interior thereof could not be viewed or if arranged so as to be opened the outer side thereof would not be displayed. Therefore, such cards are arranged in the pockets 31 and havethe inside portions thereof arranged in the pockets 31 and the upper or leaf portions thereof are extended across the hinge joint 20 and are retained below the transparent strip 36 as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein such cards are indicated by 37. The fiat or single page cards are indicated by 38. It is therefore, apparent that in examining the display device the usual turning over of the display members 19 in a manner substantially similar to the turning of the page of a book will bring the single page or fiat cards in the pockets 30 into view. The book cards 37, however, will be arranged so that their front or outer faces will be "iewed through the sheet of transparent material 34. However, by moving the sheet of transparent material 34- so as to move the edge surrounding the same into the position illustrated in Fig. 5 the interior of such a card 37 will be viewed below the sheet of transparent material 31 and in this manner the entire card may be expeditiously displayed. As the user views the various cards and makes selections on the various display members 19 the pin 21 for the display member 19 having the selected card thereon will be moved outwardly from alignment with the remaining pinmembers as indicatedat 39 in Fig. 3. Therefore, a marker provided which will permit expeditious return to the various cards selected on the various display members 19 which will greatly expedite the final selection of ,the desired card. Duplicates of the various cards mounted in the display members will be arranged in the container 13 and afterselection has been made of a desired card such a card may be withdrawn from the container 13. It is apparent that since the various cards are displayed below transparent members that they may be expeditiously viewedand at the same time direct handling thereof will be prevented and cards will also be protected against dust accumulation and it is, therefore, apparent that soiling of the cards will be prevented.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself. of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: t v

1. A display device for greeting cards of the book type comprising a case including upper and lower wall members having slots therein and pins slidably mounted in said slots, a plurality of card supporting frames arranged like the leaves of a book and each mounted on one of said pins and each including parallel sheets of transparent material providing pockets on one face of each frame with said pockets opening toward said pins, a transparent sheet extended across the other face of each frame, and a transparent strip extended from top to bottom across each of said last named sheets whereby when one leaf of said greeting card is inserted under said strip and the other leaf thereof inserted in a corresponding pocket on the adjacent frame the entire four pages of the card will be exposed to view.

2. A display device for greeting cards of the book type comprising a case including upper and lower wall members having slots therein and pins slidably mounted in said slots with portions extended beyond said members, a plurality of card supporting frames arranged like the leaves of a book and each mounted on one of said pins and each including parallel sheets of transparent material providing pockets on one face of each frame with said pockets opening toward said pins, a transparent sheet extended across the other face of each frame, and a transparent strip extended from top to bottom across each of said last named sheets whereby when one leaf of said greeting card is inserted under said strip and the other leaf thereof inserted in a corresponding pocket on the adjacent frame the entire four pages of the card will be exposed to view, and said pins may be pulled out of normal position to mark selected cards. 7

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

WALTER C. HOFFMAN. 

